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State Sponsored Cyber Espionage Becoming More Sophisticated, Kaspersky Labs Report

Thursday, March 12th, 2015

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Cyber espionage attacks sponsored by nation-states are becoming more sophisticated as attackers differentiate their tools from traditional cyber criminals, according to the information technology security firm Kaspersky Labs.In response to industry’s success in uncovering advanced persistent threat groups, the nation-state sponsored actors are finding ways to better conceal their attacks and changing their approach depending on the target and the information they are after, the Russia-based vendor of endpoint detection software reported on March 11.“Nation-state attackers are looking to create…

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